Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.
I loved The Painted Veil. Maybe because I read too much into it, so I'm interpreting the movie differently.
K, I liked it because the girl seemed to be too sure of herself. Funny reason for liking a movie, huh? Maybe it's because I'm realizing that I've been too sure of myself and I'm not liking that about myself at all.
I liked it too because it was about making mistakes, learning to forgive and at the same time, learning a thing or two about humility.
To me, it seemed as though she thought she knew what she was getting into when she had an affair, she was so sure that she wouldn't fall in love and get hurt - she was so sure that she was guarding herself - but that was exactly what happened to her when she fell in love with the other guy and he let her down eventually by refusing to divorce his own wife and marry her when her husband found out.
So she has no choice but to follow her husband to China [lest face a scandalous divorce], which was at that time ravaged by a cholera epidemic, knowing [or thinking] that he despises her. It's there that she begins to fall in love with him and she herself embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Fast forward many scenes on battling the outbreak. Fast forward many scenes where you just know that he still loves her deep down but is still punishing her for what she did to him. Later on, they acknowledge how they feel for each other and then, she discovers she's pregnant and she's not sure who the father is. But when she confesses to her husband, he took it really well - well at first he was really happy that she was pregnant but when she told him she honestly wasn't sure who the father was, he still accepted it after a momentary pause and they embrace.
Such a sweet sweet moment! It seems amazing that he's there by her throughout everything and he was so patient with her and trusting because he knew she wouldn't let him down in the end. I know. Seems idealistic, but really, there was so much beauty in everything there. That he was there for her even when she had made a mistake and hurt him so badly.
But later on, he catches cholera and she goes to him. This time, it's her by his side. I found it so moving that when he sees her beside him, he even warns her that it's going to get worse for him so she has to prepare herself.
In the end, he passes away. But she was there with him the entire time.
Later on, as she clears his stuff, she finds a stack of his notes and she starts crying big, gut-wrenching sobs when she recognizes his handwriting.
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